Dentsu Artistic’s EMEA CEO James Morris has stop the enterprise and can take up a brand new position in early 2024. Ete Davis, the previous Engine CEO who joined Dentsu Artistic as EMEA COO in Might 2022, will cowl Morris’ obligations whereas the company is “taking this chance to evaluate and realign this position and taking a look at quite a lot of choices.”
Dentsu’s assertion provides that it has “a robust and established EMEA Dentsu Artistic management workforce in place who proceed to play a extremely energetic and visual position of management throughout the 24 EMEA markets.”
Within the UK, a reasonably robust management has lately been assembled. It consists of CEO Jessica Tamsedge who joined from McCann as CEO in December 2022 (when she relieved Morris of his UK duties). CSO Theo Izzard-Brown additionally joined from McCann, whereas CCO Caroline Pay got here from Gray and Mom by way of Headspace.
Morris, who joined Dentsu in 2019 and earlier than that labored at Stink Group and Mediacom, stated: “It has been my pleasure to work with such an entrepreneurial and gifted workforce at Dentsu. Collectively we will be happy with the current inventive accolades, the business 12 months on 12 months progress, and our advances in our DEI ambitions and targets throughout the enterprise. I’ll miss this beautiful bunch of individuals.”
Dentsu Artistic EMEA may do effectively handy Davis the position completely. He’s a lot revered within the trade as a robust and honest chief.